WordNet: virus
(virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
- domain: topic virology
- hypernym micro-organism, microorganism
- hypernym infectious agent, infective agent
- hyponym arborvirus, arbovirus
- hyponym bacteriophage, phage
- hyponym plant virus
- hyponym animal virus
- hyponym slow virus
- hyponym tumor virus
- hyponym vector
virus